Members cancelling after the Wednesday before the ramble, for whatever reason, should pay the appropriate coach fare.

The A walk will be led by Sally Cape and Elaine Welsh. Starting at the Church Bridge on the A592, initially heading north east on Garburn Road, then north up to Yoke, on to Ill Bell, the highest point on the walk at 2,477 feet, then Froswick, this first half of the walk is quite a steep, steady, virtually constant climb for 5 miles on good paths. On a clear day there are some fantastic views all around, one way, The Kentmere Horseshoe, another Kirkstone Pass and Redscrees then Wansfell, and yet another looking down to Windermere and beyond. From Froswick there is a steep descent to Hagg Gill (1,500 feet in half a mile). We then ascend Troutbeck Tongue, which, in comparison, is a gradual ascent along its spine. We descend the tongue and head for Hagg Bridge then on to the very quiet Ing Lane, cross the A592 to reach The Mortal Man, where we stop for our end of walk refreshments. From here, we have a 10 minute stroll back to the entrance of Limefitt Park to get on the coach. 10.3 miles, 3,000 feet of cumulative ascent.

The B walk will be led by David Bolster. Starting just before Troutbeck we descend to the Beck, where we begin our 1200 feet climb over the next 3 miles, which will be in stages.  First we climb to Robins Lane, and then on to the fells. Avoiding the popular routes we will ascend to Baystones which is at the NE end of the Wansfell Ridge. We then walk over to Wansfell Pike and descend by a grassy track to Skelghyll woods and to High Skelghyll Farm, avoiding the popular routes. From there we follow a quiet lane to Troutbeck. Approximately 7 1/2 miles and 1400 feet.

The C walk will be led by Ros Beetham.  We start from Windermere, ascending Orrest Head via a gentle meandering path through woodland until we reach the summit with fabulous 360 views. From here we follow a path in a northerly direction passing by Crosses Farm and eventually Far Orrest Farm. We continue past Allen Crags and it is here we will have our lunch stop whilst enjoying awesome views across Windermere towards the Lakeland Fells. We pick up a good track (Longmire Road) and follow this until reaching a path that leads us down through Limefitt Park. On reaching the road we walk a short distance to the Church and make our way up to the pub or tea room depending on preference. Distance 5 miles. Ascent 570 feet.

PICKUP TIME: All walks have a pickup time of 9 am from Torrisholme Church of the Ascension, Torrisholme. (The coach commences pickups from Heysham Towers at 8.45 am)